Object details
Accession number
ARC.009002
Primary Creator
John da Costa
(Teignmouth, 1867 - 1931, London)
Full title
Note on Visiting Card to Isabella Stewart Gardner from Bryant Park Studios, New York with Wrapper from Enclosed Tea
Creation Date
about 1918
Language
English
Marks
Handwritten in ink: Dear Mrs. Gardner As you/ appreciate China tea, I send / you some from Foo Chow / If my sister's kind + send me a cas in the / Spring, I will hope to send / you more this / tea
Handwritten in ink (verso): is quite fresh + will I / think prove better than the / last wh. belonged to / a bad year's crop./ With best wishes for / the year on from us / both.
Display Media
Ink on paper
Web Commentary
Isabella Stewart Gardner kept meticulous records of many of her acquisitions. In keeping with this legacy, object information is continually being reviewed, updated, and enriched in order to give greater access to the collection.
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